FORT. 
means of obtaining notoriety, which pina — intrigue 
often lead men to adopt 4 gréa 3s; he condu &ed 
himfelf witha modefty that is afoally. ihe acm aie of 
a found. underflanding, By this mode of condu& 
6 the emperor 
manded his attendance at Vienna, in order to 
conf bi _relpecing his own health: and he -gave fo 
attio returned to 
tation of his Aipends te arpa appointed him honorary 
profeffor of P not however long enjoy thefe 
well-merited honours, for he died at Pa sete aon the 26th.o 
February, 1678, 19 the 75th year of ee 
This. phyfician was the author of feet radical works, 
of which the following are the titles. 43.  Confilia de 
naan ét morbis Muliertum facile cognofeendis et curan- 
? Patavii, 1668, folio. 2. “ Confultationum et 
eiicuen Medicinalium centurie quatuur,’’? tomus 
Patav. 166. fol. Geneva, 1677. 3. A fecond volume o 
the fame 7 ok, at Padua, 1678. And 4. * Coles 
et, Refponfiones Medici ales,’ in two volumes, folio, 
Padua, 1721, which comprehends. the two. preceding 
works, 
, Francis Le was defcended from a noble family 
of Geneva, where he 
r the fake of preferment he 
joined a German colonel, ae was enlifting 
1 They arrived at ge a 
and were ex xpofe o extreme danger and want. 
owever, contr iwed to get arin and was by hicadare 
immediately ap ointed fecretary to the uifh refiden 
He applied himfelf to, and foon rea | ‘te egies 
neceffary to his new fituation, and attraéted the notice of 
feveral iad of goa ee and finally of the young czar 
rae n e a patron, e Fort was aie 
ifely on n oan to affit the gia in his efforts to 
ae himfele and his country from that. ftate-of barbar: ifm i in 
which it was involved at this period. He was immediately 
promoted toa captain’s commiffion, and was admitted to the 
confidence of the fovereign.. He wes employed to raife a 
vody.of 12,0a0 men, and was made their general. Though 
perfeatly. unacquainted: wets naval affairs, he was, foon after. 
created.an admiral, and hi sane rendered him very ule 
fulin forming tk of that marine which w 
Fort was aseuated © 
with the chied command of al: his nen bet caine 
iy. fea. He appointed. to os goveremcnt of Novo 
gored,. he principal poft ir the minif When 
an i 
Peter determined anes travelling re his. own: ieaprovement, 
hefent Le Fort:embaffador to the courts which: he’ intended 
to vifit, and’ ae as a-private’perfon in his fuite. 
he was ever in high efteem. with :his: matters ba he once nar-. 
rowly efcaped with life, the czar having, in a-fit of paffion, 
aga his {word upon-him.. Whem-Peter was:réturnedite. 
aces 
his récolle&tion he expteffed the moft unfeigned forrow for 
what lad eS Sia and Le Fort retained tie favour till 
his death, in 1699. The czar with a pub- 
lic faneral, ‘and followed in the proceffion asa lua officers, - 
Le Fort was not am wie edge w when he-wag 
introduced into the Ruffian.ferviee, but he had the feeds of - 
great talents in him, which developed thernfelves in propor- 
tion to his advancement : an he een enough of. the: 
Moreri. . 
RT, a fortrefs ; or a place of: {mall eX-- 
at "Fortified by art or a or-bo 
fort is a work encompaffed round with a moat, rame- 
part, and. ae a to ae fome-high ground, or paffage - 
e good an ev rauae Pts pok ; to fortify. 
rs of a fieg 
Fort, Field, otherivife failed Fortin or F ortlet, and 
fometimes a aad isa fmall fort, built in hatte, . for the de- 
fence of a pafs o 
defence of a up in the 
pal quarters are afvally. join 
with each othe er, by lines defended by -fortins ne redoubts. . 
Their figure and fize are ied according to the naturé: 
of. the fituation, and t ge sas of the fervice for. 
which they are inténded.. Soime are fortified with battions; 
and fome with demi-baftions. A fort differs a a pee 
(wl wags fees) as this laft is ereéted to command 
e town; ie es a ponies ’ it is clofed on al Rds + 2: 
Coen are e fide, Forts ate. moft’ 
commonly cae Cane ile Plat te TV: Fortificdtion, FE Bey 
efpecially when the pafs they are to sae rh) neh confe- 
quence, or the place may eafily roached.; e fides. 
of this fquare are a hundred toiles, nh perpendicilr ten, 
and ne twenty- -five; the ditch about this for may 
made of: 
itch palifadoed = dry... 
There may be mdde a ena -Wway a this fort, or elfe a: 
row of palifades might: be placed on ne utfide of the 
dite h. {quare fort’ may- be fortified in the following 
sner: having inferibed | iy {quare in a circle, divide - 
ae of its fides, > DB &c. into two equal parts” in. 
. the points F, M, &c. fr om the utre E draw an inde-? 
finite ine EF; from the centre je alfo the lines E reed 
EB, ED, E C, to the angles of the fquare ; divide 
fide ‘A B into eight equal parts, and fet off one of thefe- 
a from F to G, an nd ron G draw the lines of defence * 
of the fquare into feven. . 
thofe parts from A to A," 
B to L, eae will be the faces of the baflisns <. 
take the diftance K-L in your conipaffes, and fet it off on-. 
the lines of defence from K to H, and from:-L to I, and 
draw HI, which will be the curtin, and the: nes K I, L.H,. 
ice. 
ee tee 
there has been taken twenty-five Fechoinsy ape the ex-.- 
h they forms. aren 
lé-of the figure,- isaunae making: 
‘the pe ; then: ries from :the® 
points: -of . interfeétion - obuthe’-a res -D, - Feta which’. 
ferved for centres B, upon which: ‘paints 3 raife the. wee ys 
. BE perpenditular to the hee lites: of . defence B.De. 
eae es aine, F. luce. Sée Par 
gx royal, isa fort-whofe- line ‘of defence. is: Sat: leafti 
twenty. fx fathoms. loh hg :. 5 
» Fors 
